No tabs for this song! Watch this video tutorial on how to play Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. This easy guitar song consists of various chords, as well as finger picking technique. I’ve gotten a lot of requests for lessons on this song, and the guitar work is interesting in his use of finger …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs Ahhhh ARPEGGIOS! Love ’em or hate ’em, sweep arpeggios are an attention-getter and a sure-fire way to add flash to your solos. Sometimes, there are multiple notes on the same fret – but lined up one string after the next. So, you should NOT bar these. Barring will create a bunch …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs – Click into post for COVER VIDEO!!! This lesson is one of my favorites and shows you how to play When You Were Young by The Killers. This song is super high energy, fun, and great for live performances. Currently, our Jr. rock band Stix ‘n Pix performs this song as a …
Read lesson → Yup, that’s right – how to play Blank Space by Taylor Swift. While she’s not known for feats of guitar gymnastics, Taylor Swift has consistently written songs that the public goes nuts over. Soooo, at parties and gatherings, it’s always great to be able to play songs that people know and can sing along. Ironically, …
Read lesson → Richards Guitar Studio Podcast Episode 2 – Interview with Pete Napper. I had the pleasure of talking with Pete for a half hour on all things learning guitar. I couldn’t be happier with the material that came out of this interview! WOW – Pete really knocked it out of the park with some great advice …
Read lesson → Click HERE for Tabs Thanks for suggesting this, Jack! Teaching guitar lessons is not only a fulfilling job, but my students introduce me to music I’ve never heard all of the time. This is an awesome chicken’ pickin’ – hybrid picking – where you use your pick as well as finger picking at the same …
Read lesson → (Amp was a little too close to the camera….) Why do you need to know how to drop D tune guitar fast by ear? What about learning to tune your guitar by ear in standard tuning, or any other tuning for that matter? Here are a few things to think about. Ear training is ALWAYS …
Read lesson → Click HERE for Tabs – Link opens a new blog window. Click again to view. OK here is a harmonic minor lick that is a bit more advanced – but YOU GOT THIS! Learning to play fast is NOT just for shredders! Have you ever heard the song Don’t Stop Believing? Is that a shred song? Nope. …
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